A Clockwork Angel: Remembering Neil Peart
Ourselves and a host of figures from the scene pay tribute to a legend.
Astral Noize’s Ones to Watch 2020
We look ahead to another year of brilliant music.
Albums of the Decade: Black Peaks – Statues
Black Peaks have done much to prove that artistic, classy and fearless modern music is capable of making a huge impact beyond the underground.
Albums of the Decade: Elder – Reflections Of A Floating World
Not only Elder’s crowning achievement but also one of the most innovative, memorable and impressive albums of the past decade.
Albums of the Decade: The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual
The closest that The Black Dahlia Murder have come to surpassing the immense malice of 2007’s Nocturnal.
Albums of the Decade: Blood Incantation – Starspawn
A bona fide death metal classic? We think so.
Albums of the Decade: Pallbearer – Heartless
The attention to detail, the confidence to subtly incorporate other influences into their sound and also the band’s willingness to wear their hearts on their sleeves makes Heartless one of the defining albums of the past decade.
Podcast: Criminally Underrated Episode 7
Episode Seven of Criminally Underrated Music Podcast, presented by Astral Noize and hosted by Aerosol Jesus frontman Oli Melville, is now online for your listening pleasure! This episode features National Funk, […]
Albums of the Decade: Arcane Roots – Blood & Chemistry
Arcane Roots’ debut displayed the kind of defiant innovation that many can only dream of.
Albums of the Decade: Inter Arma – Paradise Gallows
An album that sounds unlike any other.
Review: Golden Core – Fimbultýr
Quality riffs drenched in Norse mythology adorn this sophomore album from impressive young Oslo duo.
Review: Hypno5e – A Distant (Dark) Source
A bewildering sense of scope makes for an immersive and rewarding listen.
Premiere: Tommy Concrete – Internalised Ableism
Tommy Concrete tackles internalised ableism on a brand new single.
Review: Lowcaster – Flames Arise
In impressive sophomore album filled with melodious doom metal and heart-wrenching melodies.
From Drone-Folk to Goth Supergroups, These are the Dream Collaborations We’d Love to See
From the outlandish and the hilarious to the outright impossible, these are the dream collaborations we’d love to see.
Review: IATT – Nomenclature
Progressive leanings merge with a tough blackened death sound.
